Novel Experience

By Kate Sawyer

A podcast about writing and books for anyone who reads, writes or dreams of being published.

Guest authors, from across form and genres, all at different stages in their careers, generously giv... more

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The podcast currently has 160 episodes available.

Novel Experience episodes:

April 02, 2024 Minisode 50 - Lauren Mackenzie - tips for creativity and breaking through blocks
Guest Author: Lauren Mackenzie Twitter: @Lulumack57 IG: @57lulum Books: The Couples by Lauren Mackenzie

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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5min
March 30, 2024 Minisode 49 - Julia Boggio - the advice she'd have given herself before she self-published
Guest Author: Julia Boggio Twitter: @juliaboggio IG: @juliaboggio Books: Shooters by Julia Boggio, Chasing the Light by Julia Boggio

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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5min
March 28, 2024 Minisode 48 - Olivia Ford - advice to her prepublished self
Guest Author: Olivia Ford Twitter: @_OliviaFord IG: @OliviaJaneFord Books: Mrs Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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4min
March 26, 2024Series 8 Episode 12 - Jennie Godfrey author of The List of Suspicious Things
Sunday Times Bestselling, Jennie Godfrey author of the runaway hit debut The List of Suspicious Things
Jennie chats about:
How she used her diaries and life experience in the writing of her best selling debut
How the entire plot for The List of Suspicious Things fell into her head during a dog walk
Her discovery that it is multiple drafts that build voice and texture in a novel
What she learned temping as a bookseller in her local Waterstones

Jennie’s reading recommendations:
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
The Trouble With Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonPersuasion by Jane Austen
Night Watching by Tracey Sierra

Guest Author: Jennie Godfrey Twitter: @jennieg_author Instagram: @jennie.godfrey Book: The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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1h 8min
March 21, 2024 Minisode 47 - Rosie Andrews - getting unstuck in your writing
Guest Author: Rosie Andrews Twitter: Books: The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews, The Puzzle Wood by Rosie Andrews

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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3min
March 19, 2024Series 8 Episode 11 - Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow author of All The Little Bird Hearts
Booker Prize Longlisted 2024 author, Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow author of All The Little Bird Hearts
Viktoria chats about:
How returning to education as an adult led to the writing of her debut novel
Writing an autistic main character using her own experiences of being autistic and how that can differ from neurodiverse characters written by neurotypical authors
How being Booker Prize longlisted doesn’t mean that you consider yourself a writer

Viktoria’s reading recommendations:
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Hello Beautiful by Ann Neopolitano

Guest Author: Viktoria Lloyd Barlow Book: All The Little Bird Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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51min
March 14, 2024 Minisode 46 - Margaret Meyer - tips to stoke creativity & break through writers block
Guest Author: Margaret Meyer IG: @MargaretMeyer_Author Books: The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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5min
March 12, 2024Series 8 Episode 10 Aube Rey Lescure author of River East, River West
Women’s Prize 2024 Longlisted author, Aube Rey Lescure author of River East, River West
Aube chats about:
How being selective about perspective was one of the most important parts of the process in crafting her novel
How her debut contains and was inspired by autobiographical events
Writing and developing sex scenes that depict more of what sex can be about than the ‘sexy’
How cinema is a huge influence on her writing

Aube’s reading recommendations:
Behold The Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
To Live by Yu Hua
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Tremors by Teju Cole
The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok

Guest Author: Aube Rey Lescure Twitter: @AubeReyLescure IG: @aubenoisetteBooks: River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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56min
March 07, 2024 Minisode 45 - Eva Verde - the advice she'd have given herself before publication
Guest Author: Eva Verde Twitter: @EvaKinder IG: @EvaKinderWrites Books: In Bloom by Eva Verde, Lives Like Mine by Eva Verde

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

If you enjoyed this 'minisode' please do check out our full-length episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/show/novel-experience

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH Twitter: @KateSawyer Instagram: @mskatesawyer or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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3min
March 05, 2024S8 Ep9 Shubnum Khan author of The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years
Shubnum Khan, author of The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years
Shubnum chats about:
How the South African publishing scene differs from other markets
How long it took for the ideas for her second novel to coalesce
Writing about the place where she grew up and lives (Durban)
How she undertook writing residencies in both China and the USA to complete this novel

Shubnum’s reading recommendations:
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
Flowers in the Attic - Virginia Andrews
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno Garcia
House of Spirits - Isabelle Allende
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

Guest Author: Shubnum Khan Twitter: @ShubnumKhan IG: @ShubnumKhan Books: The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.
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55min

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How many episodes does Novel Experience have?

The podcast currently has 160 episodes available.

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